IV. Lectures and Writings by Rudolf Steiner on Education

The Education of the Child in the Light of Anthroposophy, 1909, SB and RSC. Short introduction to Waldorf education and child development.

The Essentials of Education, 5 lectures, Stuttgart, April 1924, SB. Development of the child, the task of the teacher, the “bodily religion” of the young child, relationship of teacher and child, curriculum.

The Foundations of Human Experience (formerly The Study of Man), 14 lectures, Stuttgart, August-September 1919, SB. Fundamental and challenging lectures on the physical, soul and spirit organization of the child, and on the psychology of education.

The Kingdom of Childhood, 7 lectures in Torquay, England, August 1924, SB and RSC. Child development and Waldorf education. Includes the incarnation process, child as a sense organ, imitation, development of fantasy, the kindergarten, as well as teaching main lessons, numbers, plants and animals.

*The Roots of Education, 5 lectures, Berne, April 1924, SB. Development of the child, the task of the teacher, the “bodily religion” of the young child, relationship of teacher and child, curriculum.